CI 5390: Research Seminar in Education: Home

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Writing Literature Reviews

How to Formulate Effective Research Questions

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Action research in education: A practical guide

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Topics:

Impact of Online Learning Post-COVID-19: Exploring how the sudden shift to online education has affected student learning, focus, and overall academic performance. This research could include a comparison of online and in-person learning environments, focusing on student adaptability and the effectiveness of each mode in various contexts such as home, work, or public spaces.

• "post pandemic" or "post covid" or postpandemic or "post corona*"
• but also some literature is just under covid or coronavirus 
• covid or coronavirus or pandemic (but I think pandemic might be too broad)
   
• "online learning" or "remote learning" or "virtual learning" or "e-learning" or "distance learning"
• not all literature will be about both online learning and f2f so you may need to search "face to face" or "in person" separately alongside covid/coranavirus
   
• "academic performance" or "academic achievement" or "student achievement" or "student success"or "academic engagement" or "academic success"
   
• Putting parts of these three pieces together as an example

Student Participation in Online vs. In-Person Classes: Investigating differences in student comfort and participation levels in online and traditional classroom settings. This study aims to identify factors influencing student engagement and propose solutions to enhance participation in both environments.

• "online learning" or "remote learning" or "virtual learning" or "e-learning" or "distance learning"
• not all literature will be about both online learning and f2f so you may need to search "face to face" or "in person" 
   
• "student participation" or "student involvement" or "student engagement"
   
• parts of these together as an example

Diverse Literature in American Public Schools: Analyzing the representation of different social groups in U.S. educational materials, with a focus on racial, gender, and LGBTQ diversity. This research might explore the implications of limited representation in literature on students' moral and psychological development.

• "public school*" or "public education"
   
• the phrase "diverse literature" does pull up some results but it'd probably be best to search books or literature or "reading material"
   
• divers* OR lgbt* OR homosexuality or gender or race
   
• parts of these together as an example

Engagement and Participation in Graduate Online Education: Examining how graduate students and professors adapt to online learning environments, with a particular focus on participation, engagement, and the phenomenon of "Zoom fatigue." This study would explore the challenges and opportunities of virtual classrooms in higher education.

• graduate or doctorat* or "post doctora*" or postdoctora* -- "graduate" is more often "graduate students" but not always so searching graduate alone may bring things about about students who graduated mixed in with "graduate students"
   
• "zoom fatigue" is a relatively new phrase so not a whole lot on that exact phrase. You could just search fatigue or exhaustion or tiredness since fatigue is common to all possible phrases, "zoom fatigue" OR  "mental fatigue" or just fatigue (some articles just use that word and not the phrase "mental fatigue") or "zoom fatigue" OR  "mental fatigue" or "fatigue physiology" 
   
• combined with "online learning" or "remote learning" or "virtual learning" or "e-learning" or "distance learning"
   
• parts of these together as an example

Social Media's Influence on Student Mental Health: Investigating the impact of platforms like TikTok on teenagers' mental health, including aspects like self-esteem, anxiety, depression, and their overall effect on the learning environment. This research would be particularly relevant given the rising popularity and influence of social media among student populations.

• tiktok brings up citations, but you may need to consider the broader concept too, tiktok or "social media"
   
• "mental health" or "well-being" or "emotional health" or "psychological health" ; you could also define "mental health" to things like anxiety, body image, depression, bullying
   
• teen* or adolescen* or youth* or "young adult*"
   
• parts of these together as an example